Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Amur State University named for Sholom Aleichem

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UniversityFounded 1989
Amur State University named for Sholom Aleichem campus
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Sholem Aleichem Amur State University (Russian: Приамурский государственный университет имени Шолом-Алейхема), formerly Birobidzhan State Pedagogical Institute, is a university in Russia. This is the only university based in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. It is named after Jewish-Russian author Sholem Aleichem.

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Key facts

Type
University
Founded
1989
Also known as
Birobidzhan Jewish National University, Birobidzhan State Pedagogical Institute, Priamursky State University Shalom Aleichem, Priamursky State University named after Sholom-Aleichem